Kovacs Mihaly

Kovacs Mihaly (27 October 1781-5 February 1814) was a colonel of the Austrian Empire who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.

== Biography =

Mihaly was born in Bakonyjako in western Hungary in 1781 and was drafted into the Austrian Army in 1798. He fought in Italy in 1799-1800, and further fought in the Napoleonic Wars. Mihaly was promoted to be the Colonel of a regiment of Hungarian Grenadiers during the 1814 invasion of France, but was mortally wounded in the Battle of Chatillon-sur-Seine, shot in the back while routing with his regiment.